Ïîèñê ïî êàòàëîãó ïå÷àòíûõ èçäàíèé

Àííîòàöèÿ: The Great American Novel of love and betrayal in the Jazz Age is now a major film.Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald—s glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ðîìàí "Âåëèêèé Ãýòñáè" ïîâåñòâóåò î êðàõå "àìåðèêàíñêîé ìå÷òû" - ðîìàíòèçèðîâàííîé èäåè ïðåóñïåâàíèÿ, äîñòóïíîãî êàæäîìó. Ãëàâíûé ãåðîé ðîìàíà äîáèâàåòñÿ óñïåõà è áîãàòñòâà â íàäåæäå íà ñ÷àñòüå, íî íå ìîæåò îñóùåñòâèòü ñâîè ðîìàíòè÷åñêèå èäåàëû â îáùåñòâå, ãäå öàðèò êóëüò áîãàòñòâà, æàäíîñòè è ðàâíîäóøèÿ. Íåïðèíóæä¸ííîå ïîâåñòâîâàíèå, ìàñòåðñêè ïåðåäàþùåå îùóùåíèå ýïîõè "âåêà äæàçà", îòëè÷àåòñÿ òîíêèì ïñèõîëîãèçìîì è îáðàçíîñòüþ ÿçûêà.

Àííîòàöèÿ: With an Introduction and Notes by Lionel Kelly, University of Reading. This Side of Paradise tells the story of Amory Blaine, the only child of wealthy parents, whose journey from adolescence to adulthood follows him from prep school through to Princeton University, where his literary talents flourish, in contrast to his academic failure. A sequence of love affairs with beautiful young women are fatally damaged by the collapse of his family s fortune, and the novel ends with him poised to face the challenge of making his own way in the world. Composed in an unconventional narrative mode, the novel is a rich fusion of satiric and romance idioms, and found a captivated audience on its publication in1920. It made Fitzgerald rich and famous overnight. The Beautiful and Damned is a bleaker version of the corrosive power of wealth and its privileges, one of Fitzgerald s abiding subjects. Anthony Patch, is heir to a huge fortune, whose marriage to the beautiful and indolent Gloria is increasingly shadowed by Anthony s fall into alcoholism. Though he wins a lawsuit to gain his inheritance of millions of dollars, it is a pyrrhic victory, for he is now a physically and morally broken man.

Àííîòàöèÿ: This title features collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, 'the Jazz Age', but his reputation has outlived it. Gathered here are the five novels he wrote in his relatively short career, together with a number of the many short stories he wrote between 1922 and his death in 1940. "This Side of Paradise" catapulted him to fame, its expose of the manners and morals of a post-war generation becoming a cause celebre. "The Beautiful and Damned", a semi-autobiographical moral parable of a doomed marriage, affirmed Fitzgerald's status as the spokesman for the generation of the 1920s. His third novel, "The Great Gatsby", remains for many readers the definitive American novel of the twentieth century, its eponymous hero a complex fictional portrayal of a romantic imagination at the mercy of a corrupt reality. "Tender is the Night" is an American Vanity Fair set on the French Riviera in the 1920s. Fitzgerald was working on "The Last Tycoon" at his death in 1940, and many critics rank his account of Hollywood at the height of the studio system, even in its unfinished state, as comparable to the achievement of "The Great Gatsby".

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ïîñîáèå çíàêîìèò ñ îñíîâíûìè ÿâëåíèÿìè àíãëèéñêîé è àìåðèêàíñêîé ëèòåðàòóðû. Ïîñîáèå ñîäåðæèò áèîãðàôè÷åñêèå ñâåäåíèÿ îá àâòîðå, àíàëèç òâîð÷åñòâà è îòðûâêè èç ïðîèçâåäåíèé. Ïîñîáèå ðàññ÷èòàíî íà ó÷àùèõñÿ ñðåäíèõ øêîë, ëèöååâ, ãèìíàçèé, êîëëåäæåé. Ñòóäåíòîâ âûñøèõ ó÷åáíûõ çàâåäåíèé, ó÷èòåëåé è ïðåïîäàâàòåëåé, à òàêæå øèðîêèé êðóã ëèö, ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíî èçó÷àþùèõ àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Perhaps you once asked yourself, 'What exactly is Hamlet trying to tell me? Why must he mince his words, muse in lyricism and, in short, whack about the shrub?' No doubt such troubling questions would have been swiftly resolved were the Prince of Denmark a registered user on Twitter.com. This, in essence, is Twitterature.Here you will find seventy-five of the greatest works of western literature — from Beowulf to Bronte, from Kafka to Kerouac, and from Dostoevsky to Dickens— each distilled through the voice of Twitter to its purest, pithiest essence. Including a full glossary of online acronyms and Twitterary terms to aid the amateur, Twitterature provides everything you need to master the literature of the civilised world, while relieving you of the burdensome task of reading it.From Hamlet: WTF IS POLONIUS DOING BEHIND THE CURTAIN???From Dante's Inferno: I'm havin a midlife crisis. Lost in the woods. Shoulda brought my iPhone.From Oedipus: PARTY IN THEBES!!! Nobody cares I killed that old dude, plus this woman is all over me. Total MILF.From Paradise Lost: OH MY GOD I'M IN HELL.'The classics are so last century' Guardian

Àííîòàöèÿ: The long-awaited companion volume to the bestselling Oxford Canadian Dictionary of Current English, the Oxford Canadian Thesaurus of Current English is the first thesaurus of its size to offer extensive coverage of Canadian English vocabulary.The Oxford Canadian Thesaurus of Current English features over 130,000 synonyms in more than 7,000 entries, as well as more than 4,700 opposites and related terms, all contained in a handy, easy-to-read format. Compact, affordable, and easy to use, the Oxford Canadian Thesaurus of Current English is perfect for those who need a handy reference on the go.

Àííîòàöèÿ: "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that its very existence has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for 'bona fide' guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose style which is quintessentially F.Scott Fitzgerald.

Àííîòàöèÿ: In the euphoric months before and after the publication of This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald, the flapper's historian and poet laureate of the Jazz Age, wrote the ten stories that appear in this unique collection. Exploring characters and themes that would appear in his later works, such as The Beautiful and Damned and The Great Gatsby, these early selections are among the very best of Fitzgerald—s many short stories. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes notes, an appendix of nonfiction essays by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their contemporaries, and vintage magazine illustrations

Àííîòàöèÿ:  äàííîé êíèãå ïîñëåäîâàòåëüíî èçëàãàåòñÿ èñòîðèÿ Êèòàÿ ñ äðåâíåéøèõ âðåìåí äî íàøèõ äíåé.

Àííîòàöèÿ: The colossus among critics (New York Times Magazine) presents his personal selection, with commentary, of the finest poems in the English language. An anthology of poems which attempts to give readers the possession of six centuries of great British and American poetry.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Õðåñòîìàòèÿ ñîäåðæèò îòðûâêè èç ïðîèçâåäåíèé àíãëèéñêèõ è àìåðèêàíñêèõ ïèñàòåëåé ñ äðåâíåéøèõ âðåìåí äî íàøèõ äíåé.  íåé äàíû òàêæå áèîãðàôèè ïèñàòåëåé, ïðèâîäÿòñÿ êðàòêèå ñîäåðæàíèÿ èõ ñàìûõ èçâåñòíûõ è ïîïóëÿðíûõ ïðîèçâåäåíèé. Êðîìå òðàäèöèîííîãî ïåðå÷íÿ àíãëîÿçû÷íûõ àâòîðîâ â õðåñòîìàòèè ïðåäñòàâëåíû òàêèå ïèñàòåëè, êàê Ëîðåíñ Ñòåðí, Ãåíðè Äæåéìñ, Äæåðîì Ê. Äæåðîì, Àðòóð Êîíàí Äîéë, Î. Ãåíðè, Ðè÷àðä Áàõ, Äæîàí Ðîóëèíã è ìíîãèå äðóãèå, ÷üå òâîð÷åñòâî íå îñâåùàëîñü ðàíåå â ïîäîáíûõ ó÷åáíûõ ïîñîáèÿõ.  êîíöå êàæäîãî ðàçäåëà êíèãè ñîäåðæàòñÿ êîíòðîëüíûå âîïðîñû è çàäàíèÿ, ìíîãèå èç êîòîðûõ âûïîëíåíû â ôîðìàòå ÅÃÝ. Äëÿ ó÷àùèõñÿ ñðåäíèõ øêîë, ëèöååâ, ãèìíàçèé, ñòóäåíòîâ ãóìàíèòàðíûõ âóçîâ, ïðåïîäàâàòåëåé, à òàêæå äëÿ âñåõ èíòåðåñóþùèõñÿ àíãëîÿçû÷íîé ëèòåðàòóðîé.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Featuring 19 of the finest works in the American short-story tradition, this compilation includes: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Bartleby by Herman Melville, To Build a Fire by Jack London, Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, plus stories by Hawthorne, Twain, Cather, and others

Àííîòàöèÿ: Anybody who is anybody wants to be seen at the glittering parties at Gatsby`s manion near New York City. But behind the glamorous facade lie mystery and tragedy. This masterpiece by F. Scott Fitzgerald was also made into a stylish film starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.

Àííîòàöèÿ: "Tender is the Night" is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the "Roaring Twenties". A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers` troubled marriage and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, "Tender is the Night" has a poignancy and warmth which springs from the quality of F.Scott Fitzgerald`s writing and the tragic personal experiences on which the book is based.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Through his brilliant tales of the doings of rich and glamorous characters during the Roaring Twenties, F.Scott Fitzgerald won a reputation as the quintessential Jazz Age writer. His portrayals of the manners and morals behind the pursuit of material wealth depict frenzied, intoxicating quests that inevitably result in a miasma of disillusionment and cynicism

Àííîòàöèÿ: Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach! Everybody who is anybody is seen at his parties. For Gatsby, always seems alone in the crowd, watching and waiting, though no one knows what for. Beneath the shimmering surface of his life he is hiding a secret: a silent longing that can never be fulfilled

Àííîòàöèÿ: Ñáîðíèê çíàêîìèò ñ ëó÷øèìè ïðîèçâåäåíèÿìè òàêèõ ïðèçíàííûõ ìàñòåðîâ àìåðèêàíñêîé íîâåëëû ÕÕ âåêà,êàê Ý.Õåìèíãóýé, Ô.Ñ. Ôèöæåðàëüä, Ó.Ôîëêíåð, Äæ.Ñýëèíäæåð è äðóãèå, íà ÿçûêå îðèãèíàëà, à òàêæå â ïåðåâîäàõ âåäóùèõ ñîâåòñêèõ ïåðåâîä÷èêîâ. Èçäàíèå ñîïðîâîæäàåòñÿ ïîñëåñëîâèåì è êîììåíòàðèÿìè è ðàññ÷èòàíî íà ñòóäåíòîâ âûñøèõ ó÷åáíûõ çàâåäåíèé, èçó÷àþùèõ àíãëèéñêèé ÿçûê, à òàêæå íà òåõ, êòî èíòåðåñóåòñÿ ïðîáëåìàìè õóäîæåñòâåííîãî ïåðåâîäà